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M25 crash J7–J8

Crash on the M25 at J7–J8 on Tuesday 27 October 2026, from 14:33. Cleared at 19:17 after 4 h 44 min. Timeline of reports from TomTom.

Status
Cleared 19:17 on 27 Oct 2026, after 4 h 44 min
Location
M25 J7–J8
Reported as
Queueing traffic
At its worst
Stationary traffic · delay ~72 min
Sources
TomTom ×4
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Timeline

  1. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
  2. TomTom no longer reports it
  3. All clear: no source reports it any more
  4. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min (reported again)
  5. TomTom no longer reports it
  6. TomTom: collision, “Stationary traffic, Accident”, delay ~10 min
  7. TomTom: delay now ~15 min (was ~10)
  8. TomTom: delay now ~23 min (was ~15)
  9. TomTom: delay now ~32 min (was ~23)
  10. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”, delay ~12 min
  11. TomTom: delay now ~26 min (was ~39)
  12. TomTom: delay now ~41 min (was ~26)
  13. TomTom: delay now ~52 min (was ~39)
  14. TomTom: now says queueing traffic, “Stationary traffic”
  15. TomTom: “Queuing traffic”
  16. TomTom: “Slow traffic”
  17. TomTom: queueing traffic, “Slow traffic”, delay ~4 min
  18. TomTom no longer reports it
  19. All clear: no source reports it any more

Source reports

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Live traffic and past incidents at M25 J7 and M25 J8.

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